Critical Paper #3:

How My Brother Leon Brought Home A Wife by Manuel Arguilla

Meeting the family of your love once might be the hardest and scariest part of all.

Just like what Maria suffers in the story when Leon brought her in his hometown.

She felt scared thinking the reactions of Leon's father towards her. She grew up in

the city in a wealthy family, then she meet Leon from a simple family living in a

province. What will be her reactions to her new surroundings? Is she going to remain

as simple, sweet and kind even after all she suffers?

She was supposed to be treated like a princess. Leon should need to treat her like a

princess but since his father is trying to challenge her, she didn't receive a warm

welcome after all. In Leon's part it will be disappointing because the way he brought

Maria in their home is not what he's expected.

The story was narrated by Baldo, Leon's Brother. Baldo ,who sees nothing but the

beauty of Maria, how i wish that he tells something about Maria's attitude and living

instead of describing her, maybe he doesn't know her, that’s why. Baldo, is like a

detective in this story who delivered information to their father about the couple.

The father here, set a test for Maria, He want to be sure that he will be good for

Leon so instead of bringing home Maria in a more comfortable way , the father

choose it in a complicated way where the couple ride using a cart and cross the

rocky road.

This short story leaves me this impression that parents want the best for us that

parents care to all our decisions in life even though we are in the right age to decide

for ourselves.